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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi holds a bilateral meeting with President of China Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. This is the first bilateral meeting between India and China in five years and comes in the aftermath of the 2020 border skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops.
2024-10-23

Russia reports a record 203,949 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 13.7 million.
2022-02-11

Seven students and two teachers are killed and 21 others are wounded in a mass shooting at a school in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The attacker has been arrested.
2021-05-11

The European Union agrees with the United Kingdom's assessment of the incident, stating that "there is no plausible alternative explanation" to Russian involvement.
2018-03-23

Armenia's parliament, by a 102–8 vote, ratifies an agreement to create an Armenia–Russia joint Air Defense system.
2016-06-30

A 120-year old woman is found living in the Astrakhan Oblast of Russia, which would make her the world's oldest living person. However, her birth year remains internationally unverified. Thus, 116-year old Italian Emma Morano is still listed as the oldest verified living person.
2016-05-12

A fire and partial collapse of the Admiral shopping complex in the Russian city of Kazan kills at least 17 people with 55 more injured.
2015-03-11

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko accuses Russia of sending 9,000 soldiers to help separatists in eastern Ukraine.
2015-01-21

Russian investigators find the bodies of two murdered women in an apartment in Kazan and the shout ""Free! Pussy Riot"" written on the wall. The perpetrator is as of yet unknown. Observers warn against radicalism and false flags.
2012-08-30

Thousands protest in several Russian cities for a second week, against the results of the parliamentary elections.
2011-12-18